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Area of Science:

  • Robotics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Industrial Automation

Background:

  • The U.S. meat processing industry faces significant labor shortages.
  • Current automation in meat processing lacks flexibility and collaborative potential.
  • There is a need for technologies that enhance productivity and job quality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the use of a robot arm for collaborative tasks in meat processing.
  • To ensure human safety within a collaborative robotic workspace.
  • To demonstrate the robot's capability in performing meat processing tasks like slicing, trimming, and cubing.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a knife instrumentation system for human safety monitoring.
  • Implemented vision and control protocols for robotic task execution.
  • Conducted a subjective evaluation with meat processing industry experts.

Main Results:

  • Proof-of-concept demonstrated a robot arm performing slicing, trimming, and cubing of pork loins.
  • The knife instrumentation system successfully detected contact within the collaborative space.
  • Experts rated the robot's performance as adequate and preferred human-robot collaboration.

Conclusions:

  • Collaborative robot arms show promise for supporting the meat processing industry.
  • Human-robot collaboration can enhance automation while improving job quality.
  • Robotic systems that assist human workers are preferred over fully autonomous solutions.